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CBS Set to Buy CNET for $1.8 Billion

05|15|2008 12:00 pm EDT

CBS has agreed to purchase CNET Networks for $1.8 Billion, making it one of the 10 most popular internet companies in the world with over 54 million unique visitors per month.

CNET; a leading provider of entertainment, news and information sites; currently controls a number of popular destinations including CNET.com, ZDNet.com, BNET.com, GameSpot.com, GameFAQs.com, TV.com, mp3.com, UrbanBaby.com, CHOW.com, Search.com, MySimon.com and TechRepublic.com.

The deal was unanimously approved by CNET’s board and is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. [via News.com, DirectNavigation, and Yahoo]

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Ask.com Loads Up on Reference Sites

05|15|2008 11:58 am EDT

Ask.com has acquired several major reference websites including Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in its purchase of the Lexico Publishing Group LLC. This news comes 10 months after Answers.com agreed to buy the same company for $100 million in a deal that fell through.

The terms of the acquisition have yet to be disclosed. [via TheDomains.com]

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MemorableDomains.co.uk Reports Back From InternetWorld UK

05|15|2008 12:16 am EDT

Edwin Hayward of MemorableDomains.co.uk just wrapped up three days of exhibiting at the InternetWorld in the UK and has written a summary of his experiences exhibiting at the show as a domain reseller of top .co.uk generic domain names. The company, as mentioned in a previous article, was exhibiting at the show and featured some of their top domain names for sale including Britain.co.uk, Maps.co.uk and SearchEngine.co.uk.

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Generic IPTV Set-Top Box Domain Names For Sale

05|12|2008 12:31 pm EDT

Six generic IPTV Set-Top Box domains are now listed at Sedo. These IPTV Set-Top Box domains are listed in Sedo featured domains section, with private reserve prices.

The listed domains are: IPTVBox.com, IPTVBoxes.com, IPTVSetTopBox.com, IPTVSetTopBoxes.com, IPTVSetTop.com and SetTop-Boxes.com

[via Press Release]

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dotMobi Purchases Mowser

05|10|2008 12:57 am EDT

dotMobi, the registry for .MOBI domains, has purchased the intellectual rights to Mowser, a software that automatically converts regular web pages into sites that are compatible with the mobile web.

The deal was made less than a month after Russell Beattie, the founder of Mowser, said he didn’t believe in the mobile web anymore and was going to stop working on the program.

[via TechCrunch]

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